argparse: Command Line Optional and Positional Argument Parser
A command line parser to be used with 'Rscript' to write "#!" shebang scripts that gracefully accept positional and optional arguments and automatically generate usage.
| Version: | 2.3.1 |
| Depends: | R (≥ 3.6.0) |
| Imports: | findpython, jsonlite, R6 |
| Suggests: | knitr (≥ 1.15.19), rmarkdown, testthat |
| Published: | 2025-10-08 |
| DOI: | 10.32614/CRAN.package.argparse |
| Author: | Trevor L. Davis 
[aut, cre],
Allen Day [ctb] (Some documentation and examples ported from the getopt
package.),
Python Software Foundation [ctb] (Some documentation from the argparse
Python module.),
Paul Newell [ctb] |
| Maintainer: | Trevor L. Davis <trevor.l.davis at gmail.com> |
| BugReports: | https://github.com/trevorld/r-argparse/issues |
| License: | GPL-2 | GPL-3 [expanded from: GPL (≥ 2)] |
| Copyright: | See file (inst/)COPYRIGHTS. argparse copyright details |
| URL: | https://github.com/trevorld/r-argparse, https://trevorldavis.com/R/argparse/ |
| NeedsCompilation: | no |
| SystemRequirements: | python (>= 3.2) |
| Materials: | README, NEWS, INSTALL |
| CRAN checks: | argparse results |
Documentation:
| Reference manual: | argparse.html , argparse.pdf |
| Vignettes: |
argparse Command Line Argument Parsing (source, R code) |
Downloads:
| Package source: | argparse_2.3.1.tar.gz |
| Windows binaries: | r-devel: argparse_2.3.1.zip, r-release: argparse_2.3.1.zip, r-oldrel: argparse_2.3.1.zip |
| macOS binaries: | r-release (arm64): argparse_2.3.1.tgz, r-oldrel (arm64): argparse_2.3.1.tgz, r-release (x86_64): argparse_2.3.1.tgz, r-oldrel (x86_64): argparse_2.3.1.tgz |
| Old sources: | argparse archive |
Reverse dependencies:
| Reverse imports: | infercnv, MAGAR |
| Reverse suggests: | RnBeads, shinyWGD |
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